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The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had, why write to me, a perfect stranger?
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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
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Maurice Bernard Sendak
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God, I had great people in my life.
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That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.
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When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.
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I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.
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I wanted my wild things to be frightening.
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